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Story: Wildcat turns into a lion

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The Wild Cat believed to possess the power of turning itself into a lion. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-23. 8080-8083, and 27. 8399 rev., note). |han≠kass'o's grandfather (Tsatsi) told him that when the wild cat is killed and brought home, it turns into a lion and comes to kill the hunter who killed it.

Comments

1) |han≠kass'o heard this from his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi), 2) See also A wild cat, when many have been killed by a person changes itself into a lion and kills the slayer, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-27